quadruplebond

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

What do you mean bare metal? Because all of the big DOE computers are running Linux. Users will probably use hardware specific libraries (like CUDA/ROCm) and occasionally write some hardware specific asm, but none of the big computers are running without a POSIX OS.

quadruplebond

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

They got back to me after about 5.5 weeks (it was a no, but nicely worded). I think they are just really busy.

quadruplebond

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

If dod research labs are like NNSA research labs part of why 0.4 FTEs can be considered significant investment is because overheads are quite high. My experience is that for every dollar a FTE makes their project is paying an additional 2-3 dollars in overhead. That means your $130K/yr FTE is using 50% of your $1M/yr budget.

I'm not sure what the typical cost for an FTE are in industry, but I believe they are lower than 3-4x base salary.

quadruplebond

vor 5 Jahrendiscuss

Not all positions require a clearance, but most citizens eventually get one. Life as a foreign national can be difficult if you are at SNL. And if you are from a sensitive country it is even more difficult.

quadruplebond

vor 5 Jahrendiscuss

send me an email at <my-user-name>@gmail.com if you want to chat more,

I am in a software role, focused on future architectures and HPC, WLB is good in our department.

Job security is really good IFF you are an FTE, if you are a postdoc or an LTE then meh.

Changing departments requires some work, but at least on the open science side it's easy to switch projects. You keep the same manager, but just work on different stuff. If you are in a super specific mission area it might be harder to change work.

If you are interested in HPC at Sandia just email me and lets chat more, HPC is where I currently sit and know the most people.

quadruplebond

vor 5 Jahrendiscuss

Happy to answer specific questions if you have them.

quadruplebond

vor 5 Jahrendiscuss

It is going to depend on your org and some other stuff. How much do you want to work on the high side etc.

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